2 rabbits, cut up*
1/2 C. flour seasoned with 1/2 tsp. pepper
6 TB. butter
1 small onion, diced
8 large fresh mushrooms, sliced
1-1/2 TB onion soup mix**
2/3 C. hot chicken bouillion
1-1/2 C. sour cream
Dredge rabbit pieces in flour. Heat 3 TB. of butter in a skillet and fry the rabbit in it. Add in the onions and fry them until soft, then remove with a slotted spoon. Cook the rabbit until brown on both sides. In a separate pan, sautee the mushrooms with the remaining 3 TB. butter until they are golden. Transfer the mushrooms to the pan with the rabbit pieces, and add back in the cooked onions to the pan as well. Combine the soup mix and bouillion and pour over the rabbits. Spoon the sour cream over all. Cover and let simmer 1 hour or until the rabbits are tender. Serves 4.
*I swear this is what it says. I guess you're supposed to already know how to cut up a rabbit.
**This creates a salty, oniony flavor. However, if you have personal objections to ingredients like onion soup mix, or don't have access to it, here are my suggestions for mimicking its flavor in a recipe. Remember this recipe calls for 1-1/2 tablespoons, which is not a whole lot.
Mix together equal parts dried onion flakes, salt, and cornstarch.
--or--
Caramelize a small amount of onions, seasoning well with salt and maybe a little red wine or red wine vinegar.
***
Grandmom told me the story of how when she and my grandpop were newly married they went over for dinner at her parents' house. Grandpop is a much pickier eater, and Grandmom knew that her dad was planning on serving rabbit. So, when they got there and Grandpop asked her what it was, she told him it was something else. He ate it, and loved it...until my Great-grandfather, with a rakish look in his eye, leaned over to Grandpop and asked, "How'd you like it?" Of course Grandpop said it was delicious, and then Greatgrandpop Canduci said, "It's RABBIT!" I think that was the day my grandpop learned that he liked rabbit. So moral of the story: picky eaters didn't just fly up out of the ground in the last 15 years. But it behooves picky eaters to GROW UP, because there are lots of things out there they might like if they could only prise the chicken tenders out of their mouths.
1/2 C. flour seasoned with 1/2 tsp. pepper
6 TB. butter
1 small onion, diced
8 large fresh mushrooms, sliced
1-1/2 TB onion soup mix**
2/3 C. hot chicken bouillion
1-1/2 C. sour cream
Dredge rabbit pieces in flour. Heat 3 TB. of butter in a skillet and fry the rabbit in it. Add in the onions and fry them until soft, then remove with a slotted spoon. Cook the rabbit until brown on both sides. In a separate pan, sautee the mushrooms with the remaining 3 TB. butter until they are golden. Transfer the mushrooms to the pan with the rabbit pieces, and add back in the cooked onions to the pan as well. Combine the soup mix and bouillion and pour over the rabbits. Spoon the sour cream over all. Cover and let simmer 1 hour or until the rabbits are tender. Serves 4.
*I swear this is what it says. I guess you're supposed to already know how to cut up a rabbit.
**This creates a salty, oniony flavor. However, if you have personal objections to ingredients like onion soup mix, or don't have access to it, here are my suggestions for mimicking its flavor in a recipe. Remember this recipe calls for 1-1/2 tablespoons, which is not a whole lot.
Mix together equal parts dried onion flakes, salt, and cornstarch.
--or--
Caramelize a small amount of onions, seasoning well with salt and maybe a little red wine or red wine vinegar.
***
Grandmom told me the story of how when she and my grandpop were newly married they went over for dinner at her parents' house. Grandpop is a much pickier eater, and Grandmom knew that her dad was planning on serving rabbit. So, when they got there and Grandpop asked her what it was, she told him it was something else. He ate it, and loved it...until my Great-grandfather, with a rakish look in his eye, leaned over to Grandpop and asked, "How'd you like it?" Of course Grandpop said it was delicious, and then Greatgrandpop Canduci said, "It's RABBIT!" I think that was the day my grandpop learned that he liked rabbit. So moral of the story: picky eaters didn't just fly up out of the ground in the last 15 years. But it behooves picky eaters to GROW UP, because there are lots of things out there they might like if they could only prise the chicken tenders out of their mouths.
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